[jbherpin]

This is not my frog, nor is it my pic. I had never seen an albino dart frog, and thought I'd share. It is described as D. auratus.

JBear

 

[Azurel]

That is pretty freaky......Looks like a ghost frog....

 

[Julio]

There have been plenty of different frogs that albinism has been documented in, including: R. Reticulata, r. Ventrimaculatus, r. Lamasi from what i remember of the top of my head

 

[jbherpin]

That is pretty freaky......Looks like a ghost frog....

I just said the same thing to my wife! I wonder what the impact is on the frog's captive survivorship? Does this frog have as good of eyesight as non-albinos, etc?

JBear

 

[jbherpin]

There have been plenty of different frogs that albinism has been documented in, including: R. Reticulata, r. Ventrimaculatus, r. Lamasi from what i remember of the top of my head

I realize this happens in basically all animals in the world, I had not seen a dart frog example of it. Just wanted to share.

JBear

 

[james67]

i believe imitator as well julio. they also (more frequently) display a melanistic trait, making the frogs appear all black.

photo by aaronaacker

james

heres some more photos of darts with unusual pigmentation traits:

photo by patrick nabors

photo by michael shrom

photo by vivarium concepts

 

[slipperheads]

Brian I know has some albinos.

 

[Redhead87xc]

That Imitator and Reticulatus looks sic. It's so cool how you can kind of see a back bone on the imi.

 

[Austin P]

Ive seen an albino tinc personally. The guy gets them all the time but none of them last more than a few months.

 

[frogmanchu]

I think they are sick and would like to know more about these little guys.

 

[Austin P]

Me to, I know that you'd have to keep em somewhat dark, so you couldnt set up a nice viv full of broms and orchids and such. But it'd definatley be cool to have some.

 

[AzureFrog]

Brian I know has some albinos.

The pic the OP posted is one of Brian's.

 

[WendySHall]

Ive seen an albino tinc personally. The guy gets them all the time but none of them last more than a few months.

I wonder why? Do they (any albino frog) have some type of deficiency other than just pigmentation? Is this common with all albino frogs?

 

[Julio]

the only albino dart that i know to survive to full maturity and breed have been the lutiano vents, and that is because they are a type of abinism that still retains a bit of melanin, but all others are think are just light sensitive.

 

[chadfarmer]

wow that would be a crazy thing to have but to be honest i like them but not for the sake of them dieing

 

[D3monic]

My female retic aka "White foot" altho not as extreme as the previous photo

 

[WendySHall]

...but all others are think are just light sensitive.

That would be a terrible way to live/die if it works the way it does in humans. I imagine the most humane thing to do would be to cull the tads then??? Or can it be seen even as eggs?

 

[Adven2er]

A photo to add to the thread. This little guy (Tarapoto) just morphed last week. I have 2 more tads like this in the water.

 

[DragonSpirit1185]

Ive seen an albino tinc personally. The guy gets them all the time but none of them last more than a few months.

yeah from what I hear no albinos PDFs last long

 

[Vivexx]

I just said the same thing to my wife! I wonder what the impact is on the frog's captive survivorship? Does this frog have as good of eyesight as non-albinos, etc?

JBear

Albinos are more prone to blindness in every creature. So it's possible they don't have full sight every animal will vary but it is a genetic deformity, it would also have a part in the shorter life span.